effort的词语用法是:n.(名词)effort的基本意思是“力气”“努力”,指做某事所使用的力气和努力,作此解时只用作单数形式,引申表示“努力”“奋斗”,指费力做某事或艰苦的尝试,作此解时是可数名词。effort还可表示“努力的事例”“努力的成果”,即“作品”“成就”,为可数名词。effort的意思是n.努力;努力的成果。effort的读音是英['efət];美['efərt]。
一、详尽释义点此查看effort的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、词典解释
1.努力;气力;精力
If you make aneffort to do something, you try very hard to do it.
e.g. He made noeffort to hide his disappointment...
他毫不掩饰失望之情。
e.g. Finding a cure requires considerable time andeffort.
找到治疗的办法需要大量的时间和精力。
2.吃力;费力
If you say that someone did somethingwith effort orwith an effort, you mean it was difficult for them to do.
e.g. She took a deep breath and sat up slowly and with greateffort...
她深吸一口气,费力地慢慢坐起身来。
e.g. With aneffort she contained her irritation.
她努力强压住了怒火。
3.(为达到某一目的的)有组织的行动,一系列活动
Aneffort is a particular series of activities that is organized by a group of people in order to achieve something.
effort的近义词
e.g. ...a famine reliefeffort in Angola.
在安哥拉进行的饥荒救济行动
4.费力的事;困难的事;劳神的事
If you say that something isan effort, you mean that an unusual amount of physical or mental energy is needed to do it.
e.g. Even carrying the camcorder while hiking in the forest was aneffort.
在森林中徒步旅行时,即便带的是便携式摄像机也非常费力。
5.尽力;尝试;勉为其难
If youmake the effort to do something, you do it, even though you need extra energy to do it or you do not really want to.
e.g. I don't get lonely now because I make theeffort to see people.
我现在不觉得孤独了,因为我尝试着与人交往。
6.勇气;决心
If you do something difficult or painful byan effort of will, you manage to make yourself do it.
e.g. It was only by a supremeeffort of will and courage that he was able to pull himself together.
他全凭超凡的决心和勇气才使自己振作起来。
7.值得努力去做
If you say that something isworth the effort, you mean that it will justify the energy that you have spent or will spend on it.
e.g. Fortunately, the chore of leaf sweeping is well worth theeffort.
幸运的是,干清扫落叶这个活儿是值得的。
四、例句
They are making every effort to decrease the production cost.
他们正尽力减少生产成本。
All my efforts were fruitless.
我所有的努力都白费了。
五、词汇搭配
六、经典引文
With a considerable effort of will he rose..and shuffled to the bathroom.
出自:A. KoestlerI make no effort to save myself.
出自:J. RhysPraising just a little, demanding always more effort, a higher standard of perfection.
出自:M. Keane七、常见错误
误 I will do every effort to help you.
正 I will make every effort to help you.
析 effort表示“作出努力”时,须与make搭配,而不可与do搭配。
尽力帮助他。误 Great efforts have been made to help him.
正 Great effort has been made to help him.
析 make与effort搭配用于被动结构时, effort多表示抽象的行为概念,是不可数名词。
他们作出更大努力以加强团结。误 They make more efforts at〔in〕 strengthening unity.
正 They make more efforts to strengthen unity.
析 make efforts〔an effort〕后面通常跟动词不定式,而不能用“at〔in〕+动名词”形式。
他费了很大劲才搬开那块石头。误 He took the rock away with big effort.
正 He took the rock away with great effort.
析 “很大的力气”可说great effort, a lot of effort,不可用big修饰effort。
我费了很大劲,从人群中挤了出去。误 With a lot of efforts I edged my way out of the crowd.
正 With a lot of effort I edged my way out of the crowd.
析 with a lot of effort意为“费了很大气力”,但这里effort为不可数名词,词尾不可加s。
他毫不费力地完成了工作。误 He finished the work without an effort.
正 He finished the work without effort.
析 without effort表示“毫不费力地”时, effort指“力气”,是不可数名词,不可以说without an effort,而在with effort中, effort前有时可加an。
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